What do you think the sell out time will be for Sky High and the Jet Sled?

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I think it will not be a fast sell out, I think it will last a few days.... I mean yeah the Sled is wanted, but Sky High appeals to a smaller base, plus the price....so I don't know Wind Raider lasted over a year at $45 - $50....

I would like it to be sold out by Friday afternoon but I will guess Tuesday as well. How awesome would it be for it to sell out before Power-con was over and then Scott would have to think about a Battle-Ram pre-order.

I give it between a week to a month to sell out. People might buy two of these but most will buy one because of sky High. So this will be a slow seller like the windraider only because people don't want to be stuck with a buch of the same figure, not to mention the $50.00 price tag.

Sadly, this is probably the most accurate prediction. This item has already been set up for utter failure by a combination of a perplexingly incongruent pairing of a highly-requested army-builder vehicle with an obscure, sales-deterrent non-army builder figure, and the poorest choice of timing possible right on the eve of the most crammed and expensive MotUC months ever (with five figures coming in October+November including highly anticipated Mantenna, plus a Weapons Pack that includes another figure, plus the most-demanded army-builder pack ever that many fans want to buy boatloads of, plus the $250+ Castle Grayskull, plus the expensive Christmas season afterwards), and to crown it all, a price point that is just above the maximum that many people were willing to pay (especially when combined with outrageous shipping charges). Mattel couldn't possibly have set up a worse scenario for the sales of this set. It almost seems on purpose to guarantee an epic sales failure that will put a definitive end to MotUC vehicles.

Sadly, this is probably the most accurate prediction. This item has already been set up for utter failure by a combination of a perplexingly incongruent pairing of a highly-requested army-builder vehicle with an obscure, sales-deterrent non-army builder figure, and the poorest choice of timing possible right on the eve of the most crammed and expensive MotUC months ever (with five figures coming in October+November including highly anticipated Mantenna, plus a Weapons Pack that includes another figure, plus the most-demanded army-builder pack ever that many fans want to buy boatloads of, plus the $250+ Castle Grayskull, plus the expensive Christmas season afterwards), and to crown it all, a price point that is just above the maximum that many people were willing to pay (especially when combined with outrageous shipping charges). Mattel couldn't possibly have set up a worse scenario for the sales of this set. It almost seems on purpose to guarantee an epic sales failure that will put a definitive end to MotUC vehicles.

The cost with the unwanted figure pack in really has me only buying one in EA and maybe one after Power-con. I'd have been glad to get three for $25-30 each sans figure.

He will not sell out. Matty will have it up for a week or so and pull it. I'm sure they made more units hoping it would be an army builder but after you buy one any more and your stuck with a bunch of Sky High. So it comes down to paying fifty bucks for a half a vehicle. IT WILL NOT SELL OUT!

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Yeah, I'm afraid it'll be a failure given the timing, the decision to two-pack it and the price point. I would have been one to buy 3 or more if it was, say, a $30 sled by itself. Bumping it $20 basically means I'm paying more for 2 as it stands compared to 3 if they just made it a single pack vehicle. Sure, it's a fun way to get Sky High out there, but also a detriment to the sled being army built.

So just 1 for me. And I'm torn because as much as I want it to do well, I'll be eagerly checking out Cyber Monday to hopefully grab one or two more if they drop the price.